Nicole Forester is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, and depression.
01About Nicole
Nicole Forester is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC) who focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, trauma, and depression. She invites direct conversation and listens without judgment so clients can hear their own voice. Nicole emphasizes honest, straightforward dialogue as the first step toward feeling better.
She uses clear, practical methods in sessions. That can mean looking at thoughts and behaviors with cognitive behavioral techniques.
Background and approach
It can also mean noticing values and taking small steps toward them with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. Sessions are conversational and aimed at real day-to-day changes. Nicole has worked in inpatient units, addiction recovery, outpatient services, hospice counseling, and intensive outpatient program groups.
Her background includes work with crisis teams, youth services, and a independent practice she ran from 2012 to 2019. This range informs how she tailors care to different situations. She helps people address relationship and family concerns, caregiving stress, codependency, gender dysphoria, and issues like dissociation or substance misuse.
Nicole also supports those wrestling with life purpose, career challenges, and compassion fatigue. Her approach balances emotional awareness with practical coping skills. Nicole encourages prospective clients to interview therapists to find a good fit.
To begin, she invites a short conversation to clarify needs and plans. Her aim is to give clear, respectful support while clients work toward goals.
02Credentials
- LPCC (California)
- License 640 · expires March 2027
- LPC (Colorado)
- License 0017273 · expires August 2027
- LCMHC (Utah)
- License 6661328-6004 · expires September 2026
- NPI
- 1366768418 · national provider identifier
Both are public records. A state board register will confirm a license and its standing, and the national registry will confirm an NPI. This directory copies what the counselor lists and checks neither.
03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nicole lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
Methods Nicole names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
These are the methods Nicole names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
How Nicole’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, meaningful actions toward those values. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life changes where motivation and direction feel unclear. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical tools to shift unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, mood, and sleep difficulties. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person’s experience, using empathic listening and reflection to help someone find their own answers and build self-trust.Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. Nicole will talk with clients about goals, preferences, and how they like to work. Together they try methods for a few sessions and adjust based on what helps most, so the plan evolves from actual progress and comfort.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls let therapists observe nonverbal cues and hold a fuller conversation. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or when a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging offer ongoing touchpoints between sessions and can make it simpler to fit support into a workday or caregiving routine. These options aim to make therapy more accessible while staying focused on the client’s goals and daily life.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Nicole support?
Nicole works with stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma and abuse, grief, depression, LGBT concerns, relationship and family issues, intimacy-related problems, eating and sleeping difficulties, parenting stress, anger, and self-esteem challenges.
What is her general therapeutic style?
She keeps sessions conversational and direct, focusing on honest talk and practical steps. The style aims to help people notice patterns and try manageable changes.
What experience does she bring?
Nicole has 16 years of clinical experience across inpatient units, addiction recovery, outpatient programs, crisis teams, hospice counseling, and independent practice.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) in Colorado and LPCC (Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor) in California, and practices from Colorado.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered online?
Nicole provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as session formats.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button and completing a short matching questionnaire, then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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